Almost 100,000 Afghan children are in dire need of support, 3 months after earthquakes, UNICEF says
- Tens of thousands of children in western Afghanistan are in life-threatening winter conditions after earthquakes last October, prompting the United Nations to call for increased humanitarian aid.
- The disasters killed over 1,000 people and destroyed 21,000 homes, leaving families without livelihoods.
- Despite the passage of three months, many families are still living in tents or sleeping in the open, and schools and health centers have been damaged beyond repair.
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UNICEF Wants More Aid For Children Affected By Earthquake In Western Afghanistan
UNICEF, the UN's aid and relief organization for children, has called for greater support for the nearly 100,000 children affected by the October earthquakes in the western Afghan province of Herat.
UN: Crippling Winter Puts Nearly 100,000 Children At Risk in Quake-Hit Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD — The United Nations has called for increased humanitarian aid to help tens of thousands of children in western Afghanistan who are suffering in life-threatening winter conditions in the aftermath of a string of devastating earthquakes last October. The U.N. Children's Fund, UNICEF, issued the warning Monday, 100 days after repeated earthquakes struck the impoverished country's western Herat and surrounding provinces. The de facto Tali…
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